Author: Staff

Fishersville, Va.-based Augusta Health notified Anthem BlueCross BlueShield it will terminate its contract with the payer by 2018, according to a NewsLeader report.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health and HealthPartners, a Minneapolis-based health plan managing government insurance, will launch Medicare plans in North Dakota and South Dakota effective Jan. 1.

Philadelphia-based Independence Blue Cross presented a voluntary severance program to approximately 900 employees Thursday, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services chose Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and AmeriHealth Caritas to operate its Medicaid managed care program.

CMS released its annual Landscape Files comprising plan participation, premium and benefit design data for 2018 Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D markets.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona hired Pam Kehaly to serve as president and CEO, effective in November.

Cleveland Clinic and Louisville, Ky.-based Humana created two Medicare Advantage plans for patients in Ohio's Cuyahoga County.

Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna will reimburse members claiming they incurred financial damages resulting from the payer's inadvertent reveal of members' HIV status through mailed envelope windows.

Becker's Hospital Review reported these 10 contract resolutions and dissolutions between payers and providers in September, beginning with the most recent.

Cost reduction in healthcare has taken center stage as a national priority.